The director of infection prevention at Bayfront Health in St.
Petersburg, Fla., Jared Sutton, MPH, CIC, presented data from a 9-month
study of 4,200 blood cultures collected by their phlebotomy and
emergency department teams. During the trial, in which Kurin was
employed for only 50% of all blood culture collections, the overall
contamination rate inclusive of cultures taken both with and without
Kurin, dropped by 54% from 2.5% to 1.2%, a statistically significant
decline. When limiting the analysis to collections for which Kurin was
used, there was only one contamination, which equates to approximately a
90% decrease in the contamination rate. The hospital estimates that each
false positive blood culture adds $7,500 in costs, so implementing Kurin
would save the hospital over $500,000 annually, after the cost of the
product.

Sutton and colleagues reported, “This study focuses on total blood
culture contaminants, and not just vacutainer collections. Without
stratification, the mentioned results are what a user could expect to
reproduce in a 'real world' scenario.”

Bob Rogers, CEO of Kurin, said, “As we have seen elsewhere, this study
is additional confirmation that effective diversion of skin contaminants
can be accomplished with approximately 0.15ml of blood waste and without
requiring clinicians to change their standard practice. The accumulating
data proves that Kurin can help hospitals prevent blood culture
contamination, even in fast-paced EDs.”

About Kurin, Inc.

Kurin Corporation, a certified Minority Business Enterprise (MBE), is
focused on the design, development, manufacture, marketing, and sale of
products that help healthcare providers reduce contaminated blood
cultures. Kurin, manufactured in San Diego, CA, has received FDA 510(k)
market clearance. For more information about Kurin, visit the website at www.kurin.com.

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